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Summary: If you thought the movie was good, you can't miss the book!
Review: Although I am still not sure it is worth 15 bucks to buy a 250 page book, I do know that the book is good. It has every last detail from A New Hope , which makes sense since George Lucas was the author, plus a whole lot more. There weren't any bad parts to the book, and as a matter of fact, it was so good I read it straight through. If I were you and hadn't read it yet, let me suggest that you buy the combination offer where you get A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, and Returnof the Jedi for like 5 bucks, cause believe me, you won't regret it.
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Summary: As with most books, better than the movie.
Review: As a life long fan, its hard to say anything can top the movie, but the book does. After seeing the movie dozens of times, I figured there wouldn't be much to the book. Boy was I wrong. There was plenty in here that you may not quite catch from the movie. And if you are a real fan, every trivia tidbit is a goldmine!
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Summary: As with most books, better than the movie.
Review: As a life long fan, its hard to say anything can top the movie, but the book does. After seeing the movie dozens of times, I figured there wouldn't be much to the book. Boy was I wrong. There was plenty in here that you may not quite catch from the movie. And if you are a real fan, every trivia tidbit is a goldmine!
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Summary: A great novelization
Review: First, let's dispense with the myth that Lucas wrote this himself. It was fully written by noted sci-fi/fantasy author Alan Dean Foster (who also wrote the novelizations for Alien, Aliens, Alien3, Krull, Black Hole, Alien Nation and although credited to Gene Roddenberry, he also wrote Star Trek The Motion Picture) Lucas was busy actually making the movie while ADF was writing this novel based on Lucas's working script. This accounts for some of the differences in the story. ADF is a great writer, with a good voice and a great use of brevity to convey details. This is a quick read and a real treat for star wars fans. When this was first released it was called "Star Wars: From the adventures of Luke Skywalker" and was released before the movie even came out. ADF was already contracted to write a sequel since no one had any idea how the film would do, thus "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" makes a wonderful companion piece (the similar style between the two should be a dead giveaway that Foster wrote both). This where it all began. If you want to read the SW books, make sure you start here.
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Summary: A great novelization
Review: First, let's dispense with the myth that Lucas wrote this himself. It was fully written by noted sci-fi/fantasy author Alan Dean Foster (who also wrote the novelizations for Alien, Aliens, Alien3, Krull, Black Hole, Alien Nation and although credited to Gene Roddenberry, he also wrote Star Trek The Motion Picture) Lucas was busy actually making the movie while ADF was writing this novel based on Lucas's working script. This accounts for some of the differences in the story. ADF is a great writer, with a good voice and a great use of brevity to convey details. This is a quick read and a real treat for star wars fans. When this was first released it was called "Star Wars: From the adventures of Luke Skywalker" and was released before the movie even came out. ADF was already contracted to write a sequel since no one had any idea how the film would do, thus "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" makes a wonderful companion piece (the similar style between the two should be a dead giveaway that Foster wrote both). This where it all began. If you want to read the SW books, make sure you start here.
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Summary: The One that started it all...
Review: From this book sparked the 40-something other books with the Star Wars logo on it. Any true Star Wars fan remembers that fateful battle above Tatooine. From there the universe just opened up for all the readers and fanatics of Star Wars. The book is frighteningly close to the movie. Most aren't (ex-Jurassic Park). Anyway, this book needs to be read by any Star Wars fan.
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Summary: SIMPLY WONDERFUL
Review: I can't even to begin to express how delighted I am with this visit to George Lucas' galaxy, "far, far away". To see designs from the minds of these amazing creators, popular gadgets, gizmos and vehicles as they were conceptionalized, is a real treat and forever an inspiration of how the magic of film making and imagination can transport an audience.
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Summary: An excellently written novelization of the movie
Review: I had planned to read this book for a while, and I was looking forward to it a lot, since the kids' one was way to short and boring even when I was ten years old. So, as you can probably guess my expectations were rather high, too high perhaps, but even so I was not disapointed. George Lucas has proved himself not only an excellent filmmaker, but also a great author as well. This book, while a bit dry at times, illustrates the movie in a spectacular fashion, and breathes new life into it, so that it seems interesting all over again. I read it one day when I was stuck in a hotel room, but this book was so interesting I litterally could not put it down. Every true Star Wars fan should read this, since it completly tells the story with a bunch of added stuff, that truly flesh out the story and that were completly missing from the movie. One thing that surprised me was the occasional small details that were changed. Such as Threepio being described as bronze instead of gold, and Luke being Blue 5 instead of Red 5. Another thing that struck me as odd was the slight differences in characters, Luke and Ben most noticably. Ben is less wise, more mischevious, and at times even funny, a previously unheard of thing! Luke also is slightly different. He seems, well, less innocent, more stupid, and even acts like somewhat of a jerk at times, and is all around more heroic and self centered, and generaly less cute. This was both interesting and annoying, since Luke was always my favorite character and to be honest I liked him better the other way. Leia is also noticably different, she being somewhat less strong, which annoyed me somewhat. Anyway, this was an excellent book, that deserved an honest four stars.
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Summary: An excellently written novelization of the movie
Review: I had planned to read this book for a while, and I was looking forward to it a lot, since the kids' one was way to short and boring even when I was ten years old. So, as you can probably guess my expectations were rather high, too high perhaps, but even so I was not disapointed. George Lucas has proved himself not only an excellent filmmaker, but also a great author as well. This book, while a bit dry at times, illustrates the movie in a spectacular fashion, and breathes new life into it, so that it seems interesting all over again. I read it one day when I was stuck in a hotel room, but this book was so interesting I litterally could not put it down. Every true Star Wars fan should read this, since it completly tells the story with a bunch of added stuff, that truly flesh out the story and that were completly missing from the movie. One thing that surprised me was the occasional small details that were changed. Such as Threepio being described as bronze instead of gold, and Luke being Blue 5 instead of Red 5. Another thing that struck me as odd was the slight differences in characters, Luke and Ben most noticably. Ben is less wise, more mischevious, and at times even funny, a previously unheard of thing! Luke also is slightly different. He seems, well, less innocent, more stupid, and even acts like somewhat of a jerk at times, and is all around more heroic and self centered, and generaly less cute. This was both interesting and annoying, since Luke was always my favorite character and to be honest I liked him better the other way. Leia is also noticably different, she being somewhat less strong, which annoyed me somewhat. Anyway, this was an excellent book, that deserved an honest four stars.
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Summary: Star Wars: The Specail Edion
Review: I just got the new S. E. (Specail Edion) yeterday and it's so cool, I mean I now I saw it in the theathers but now I owen It, only It's not on the BIG screen. And Oh ya, It rules!
-By Peit
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